NASA JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-podaac-seawinds_level_3_v2

SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)

The SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 ocean vector winds on a 0.25 degree grid contains daily data from ascending and descending passes; where adjacent satellite passes overlap, the most recent value overwrites the previous value for that particular wind vector cell. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Rain flags are provided for each wind vector cell to assist in identifying potential rain contamination. Wind vectors are set to a value of 0 when within 30 km of land/ice boundaries or where there is ambiguous or non-existent measurements available. This data utilizes the recalibrated model function called the QSCAT-1/F13 processing algorithm, adopted in July of 2006.

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Identified by : SEAWINDS_LEVEL_3_V2

This dataset was released on January 21, 2011.

The time range for this dataset is April 10, 2003 (01:46 AM) to October 24, 2003 (21:42 PM).

The spatial range for this dataset is -89.875° to 89.875° latitude, and 0° to 360° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the seawinds instrument on the advanced-earth-observing-satellite-ii platform.

Also known as :

• datasetId PODAAC-SEAXX-L3X02 (podaac lexicon)
• dataset SEAWINDS_LEVEL_3_V2 (podaac lexicon)